Got a payroll question?  Need an answer?  We've gathered together lots of helpful websites for you to start your research.

We've presented these in two categories:  General Searches and Specific Topics.  If you would like to suggest additional sites for this page, please contact the OSPS Help Desk with details.

Search Engines

• Google
• Search within the OSPS online resource center

Policy and Regulation

• Labor contracts - collective bargaining agreements
• Oregon Accounting Manual - payroll section
• HR policy - Chief Human Resources Office
• State employee pay regulations - Oregon Revised Statute Chapter 292
• Retention rules - state agencies general schedule
• Oregon Administrative Rules

Tax Authority

• Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
• Oregon Department of Revenue
• Social Security Administration
• Mass Transit | State agency rate from OAM
• Worker's Benefit Fund (WBF)
• Tax Law - U.S. code
• Fringe benefits - IRS

Labor Authority

• State - Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI)
• Federal - Department of Labor
• Labor law - U.S. code
• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) & overtime rules
• Labor Relations

Payroll Online Discussion Boards

• Payrolltalk.com - general payroll topics
• Intuit accountants community - payroll topic tag search
• HR Online - compliance tools for HR professionals
• Tax Almanac - payroll topic tag search

Professional Associations

• American Payroll Association (APA)
• Heart of Oregon chapter - local Salem APA branch
• Oregon State Fiscal Association (OSFA)
• Society for Human Resource Managment (SHRM)
• International Association for Human Resource Information Managment (IHRIM)

Job Aids

• Take home / net pay calculator at Paycheck City
• Partial hour equivalencies - minutes to decimal chart
• Calculators and worksheets
• OSPS procedure guidance

Assessments

• Employee Relations Board (ERB) - see your agency budget analyst
• PERS Pension Obligation Bond

Deceased Employees

• OSPS deceased handbook (pdf)
• Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 652.190 - payment of deceased employee wages
• IRS deceased administrator guidelines
• IRS application for taxpayer ID for the estate
• Payment in years after death

Holidays

• Holiday Coding CTS vs. STS Slide Show (power point)
• Flowchart for Holiday Coding (pdf)
• Alternate Schedules and HO in eTime (pdf)
• PPT Alternate Schedules and HO in eTime (pdf)

Leave Administration

• OSPS leave handbook (pdf)
• Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
• Oregon Family Leave Act (OFLA)
• FMLA toolkit - Chief Human Resources Office (CHRO)
• Continuation of Benefits for Injured Workers (CBIW) | ORS 743.530
• OSPS donated hardship leave handbook (pdf)
• Donated leave toolkit - CHRO
• Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA)

State Systems

• PEBB dot Benefits
• Personnel and Position Database - PPDB
• Statewide Financial Management Application - SFMA (ADPICS/R*STARS)

Employee Benefits

• Public Employees Benefit Board (PEBB) - general link
• PEBB info - employer link
• Centralized PERS Services Team
• Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) - general link
• PERS info - employer link
• Oregon Savings Growth Plan (OSGP) - deferred comp
• Oregon College Savings Plan